“Poor Door” is a recently coined term. Already, there are opportunities to expand it.
Over the last few years, apartment developments with affordable units in New York have come under scathing criticism for segregated entrances which prevent “the lower classes” who live in affordable units from somehow contaminating more upscale residents. Read a 2016 article in the New York Post: ‘Poor door’ tenants of luxury tower reveal the financial apartheid within
Now residents of a Beijing neighbourhood have expressed their contempt towards a neighbourhood “poor door” that separates subsidized housing from upscale neighbourhoods. More than just vent, they’ve gone one step further and torn that door down. Read more in MINGTIANDI: Beijing Wall’s Downfall Prompts China Housing Policy Debate
